Example sentences of "if they [vb mod] [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not believe those powers would be of use My Lords I er take the view that they would not have been abused by past Home Secretaries , no not by men like the late Tutor Reed or the Noble Lord Jenkins or the Noble Lord Callaghan , they would not be abused today by my Right Honourable Friend Mr Howard , I doubt if they would be abused by Mr Blair should he at some time become Home Secretary and I think we 're becoming slightly attached to an artificial argument that somehow or the other there is great respect for the local authorities , but which is not extended to the National Institutions of Government and to the Home Office and the Home Secretary . |
| 2 | If they would be offended by an offer of money , the occasional ( money-saving ) gift to them might be very welcome . |
| 3 | To me , northwest Africa is part of Europe and either the division is farther south or , if they must be sailing on different plates , then those plates were very close together long before the Alpine convulsions . |
| 4 | The proliferation of all these tests for bacteria raises a practical problem if they should be used in the investigation of diarrhoea . |
| 5 | Cuba and Vietnam , for their part , are bound firmly to the USSR by a mutuality of interest and outlook , but it is questionable , despite considerable dependency on the USSR , if they could be bound against their will . |
| 6 | A deeper understanding of the function of leys might emerge if they could be seen in ritual terms . |
| 7 | This was reinforced by the tendency of national governments not to handle unpopular decisions if they could be transferred to the High Authority for action . |
| 8 | ‘ During the war a young couple , regular dancers , asked if they could be married in the ballroom . |
| 9 | They would certainly be useful in floral decorations and I also wonder if they could be used in the greenhouse for transplanting seedlings ? |
| 10 | The second test , favoured by the minority , was that the goods would be merchantable if they could be used by a reasonable buyer for at least one of their normal purposes . |
| 11 | I can remember from my recording days walking all around a sting quartet , for example , to locate the perpetrator of odd sniffs or swishes of silk sleeve lining to see if they could be eliminated in some tactful way — often without success . |
| 12 | And he loved simple and dramatic solutions to everything : especially if they could be retailed in conversation . |
| 13 | If they could be improved by er sorry replaced by housing of a higher standard , erm generally made to look more attractive , landscaped and such like , then I think the area as a whole will improve and it 'll attract people to the area . |
| 14 | Individuals on the other side of the water would pay five or seven hundred pounds to procure their discharge , which could not be expected to continue if they could be released by other means . |
| 15 | Another area of debate was the revocability or modification of rights conferred upon third parties ; if they could be revoked without the third party 's consent then they could not be truly considered rights ; if they could not , the treaty parties would have surrendered some of their autonomy . |
| 16 | It was her second husband , David , who died 16 years ago , who persuaded her to adopt orphaned elephants to see if they could be nursed through their grief and restored to health . |
| 17 | It is interesting , however , to consider one particular aspect of climate and leisure facilities to see if they could be coupled with other national benefits and needs . |
| 18 | The most obvious of these was that if fonts were to be provided with any application , it was better if they could be shared by others , and the Typographics fonts supplied with early versions were , if not exactly grotty , not up to the standard users would expect of , say , TrueType or ATM fonts . |
| 19 | Fit a handrail or build parapet wall beside long flights , especially if they will be used by children or the elderly . |
| 20 | People understand their own and other people 's lives not just in terms of class fractions or units of labour power even if they can be categorised as such . |
| 21 | Distributors and retailers selling " own brand " goods can be liable if they can be said to be holding themselves out to be the producer . |
| 22 | Words are used to inflect if they can be assigned to a number of grammatical classes , and the members of all these classes are distinguished from each other by their morphology ( internal shape ) and by their syntax ( the rules of their use ) . |
| 23 | The activities of delinquent fans might be more intelligible if they can be related to particular roles and positions with respect to other fans . |
| 24 | Surpluses on a period of account should not be automatically lost , if they can be demonstrated to be the result of efficient working and not over budgeting , otherwise controllers will ensure that there are no surpluses . |
| 25 | We all know that the best dishes for entertaining are those that require little last-minute attention , and they 're better still if they can be prepared in advance and frozen . |
| 26 | I want to see elderly people looked after well and if they can be looked after at home all well and good but of course they need the facilities . |
| 27 | The violas can be used , however , also the cellos if they can be spared from the energetic bass part . |
| 28 | " It would be wrong for me to pretend that these problems can be solved quickly — if they can be solved at all . |
| 29 | Since these objectives have yet to be achieved , there is time to ask if they can be approached via an alternative route . |
| 30 | Paths with whatever surface is chosen can be laid at the start when the beds are being dug or later at a more convenient time , but it does make life easier if they can be finished before planting the beds . |